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X-WR-CALNAME:  HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO TESTING OPERATIONS
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DESCRIPTION:INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) is mak
 ing several changes to testing operations due to high demand and a nationa
 l shortage of rapid test kits.\n\nHours are being extended at the communit
 y testing and vaccination clinic outside the Indianapolis Motor Speedway t
 o noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays thr
 ough Jan. 22. The changes are effective today.The clinic\, which is being 
 held in the INDYCAR parking lot at 4551 W. 16th St.\, Indianapolis\, acros
 s from Gate 2\, will accept walk-ins only from noon to 4 p.m.The two-dose 
 Pfizer pediatric and adult vaccines\, as well as the two-dose Moderna vacc
 ine\, are available.Also effective today\, rapid tests at state and local 
 health department testing sites will only be available to individuals aged
  18 and younger and symptomatic individuals aged 50 and older. This change
  is necessary due to the national shortage of rapid antigen tests and is d
 esigned to help ensure that students can stay in school and that Hoosiers 
 who are most likely to need a monoclonal antibody are identified within th
 e prescribed window in which they can be administered. Indiana typically u
 ses about 50\,000 rapid tests per week but is only guaranteed to receive 1
 1\,000 a week at this time.Appointments for rapid tests previously schedul
 ed for today will be honored while testing supplies last\, but no appointm
 ents for rapid tests will be honored at state or local health department s
 ites going forward except for individuals who fall within the above catego
 ries. PCR tests\, which are the gold standard\, will continue to be offere
 d at all testing sites\, with results expected in two to three days.Click 
 on the testing map at www.coronavirus.in.gov  to find a testing location. 
 Visit ourshot.in.gov to find a vaccination site.\n\n###
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